Syaiful Haq, Ambiyar, Nurhasan Syah, Junil Ardi
This study aims to reveal the behaviors of Engineering students toward the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). This research was conducted in Engineering student in Universitas Negeri Padang with a quantitative descriptive research. This research used a total sampling technique. The research procedure was carried out by distributing questionnaires to 84 active students of Engineering who had attended the Seminar on AEC. The results showed that the behavior of Engineering students towards AEC was 75.1% or included in both categories. This value shows that Engineering students have tried to prepare themselves to face AEC starting from the high level of knowledge about AEC 76.6% and their attitude towards AEC 78.83%. There are concerns that they will face the AEC, and lead to several behaviors that are more active in learning, add reading material in broadening horizons, improve the ability of hard skills and soft skills, start to join organizations, learn the cultures of other nations around ASEAN, and to take foreign language courses to make it easier to face AEC. © 2020, International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research. All rights reserved.
Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia
